Daily Archives: March 20, 2013

[Post written by Kelsey Johnson] After months of dreary snow and cold, most people are ready to take off their heavy coats and SPRING into action. Today is their lucky day, marking the first day of Spring! Bring on the sunshine, flowers, spring showers, longer days, lacrosse, baseball, outdoor recess, and all the joys of

This is Sandi Dennis, a STAR Discovery Educator and Leadership Council member from Georgia. She’s been accepted to attend the DEN Summer Institute July 14-19 in Burlington, VT. Here’s her DEN story: Tell us yours. The main portion of this year’s application is a short (unedited) video that t ells your DEN story. We want

Meet MARIEL GOMEZ DE La TORRE Where do you teach? Thomasville Middle School What do you teach? ESOL-6th to 8th Grade When did you become a DEN member? March 2008 What’s your favorite thing about being a DEN member? My favorite thing about the DEN is being able to share with

Be a part of the first Keeping Learning Alive! Conference at Gardner-Webb University! Don’t miss out on this excellent learning opportunity. Sign up today! Gardner-Webb University School of Education Shelby, North Carolina Saturday, April 13 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM It’s FREE! REGISTER HERE

2 hours and counting….The countdown has begun for the March Science Livestream featuring the ever engaging Patti Duncan. Join Patti at 1 pm eastern as she shares a lesson on the properties of water utilizing content and activities from the Discovery Education Science Techbook. Chat with us Live….create a Livestream account so that you and

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One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being

Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text

I pride myself on my lectures. I was voted “Best Lecturer” in the 2013 Sherwood High School yearbook. I’ve been told that my lectures are easily understood, engaging, interactive with plenty of student discourse–and I’m pretty darn funny! My students consistently scored very well on the Advanced Placement U.S. history exam. So what’s the issue? Lecturing works.